Durham Mining Museum - Memorial Roll - Miscellaneous Names [H*]

Please note: this page provides the details we have for those fatalities not shown on the colliery pages - i.e. for those fatalities at collieries/pits etc. for which we do not have a web page.

					Date	Colliery	Name of Persons killed, Age, Occupation, Cause of Accident, and Remarks
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					28 Sep 1808	Kimbleworth	Hague, George, explosion of fire-damp
					28 Sep 1808	Kimbleworth	Hague, Thomas, explosion of fire-damp
					17 Jul 1803	Unknown	Hall, George, aged 22, Pitman, of Harraton, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Hall, John, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 5th
					Dec 1874	Unknown	Hall, John, aged 14, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Leadgate, cause: run over by coal wagon (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/181)
					20 Feb 1877	Wall	Hall, John, aged 37, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
					12 Mar 1946	Tanfield	Hall, W., aged 43, Hewer, pneumoconiosis
					17 Dec 1799	Unknown	Hall, William, aged 21, Pitman, of Birtley, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related
					19 Oct 1895	Garden House	Hall, William, aged 42
					20 Dec 1878	Otterburn	Hamilton, Michael, aged 53, Hewer, fell down shaft
					13 Jan 1873	South Belmont	Hammond, William, aged 32, Miner, killed by a fall of stone
					09 Jun 1914	William No. 2 (Metalliferous)	Hannah, George, aged 15, Ore Picker, deceased was using a long crowbar to lever a loaded wagon off the weighbridge when he was caught between the buffers of the loaded and an empty wagon which was being pushed into position on the weighbridge; two men and a boy were pushing the empty wagon, and they rashly came to the conclusion that deceased was out of the way without actually ascertaining if it was so
					04 Aug 1909	Howle	Hardy, George, aged 40, Hewer, He with his brother opened a small colliery on their own account and were working at some old pillars close to the outcrop. He was spiling through an old bord room and had set a plank on a middle prop beneath the spiling timber. He was preparing to put props under the end of the plank when the whole roof collapsed and buried him up
					21 May 1906	Seathwaite Tarn (Whinstone)	Harkins, Michael, aged 52, Labourer
					18 Oct 1650	Unknown	Harrison, John
					05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	Harrison, John
					15 Sep 1650	Grand Lease Pit	Harrison, Ralphe
					07 Jul 1914	Shap (Quarry)	Harrison, Thomas, aged 49, Quarryman, deceased's head was injured by a piece of stone projected by a shot fired in an adjacent quarry; no shelter was taken; he died on the following day, (accident: 06 Jul 1914)
					14 Dec 1783	Unknown	Hartley, Robert, aged 33, of Gill, killed in a mine pit by accident, Buried: Pennington
					01 May 1933	Unknown	Harwick, Edward, aged 33, [Not employed], he was fatally injured while gathering coal on the beach near Dawdon Colliery. A witness said the group of men had heard the bottom board of a waggon drop at the top - 60 feet above them - and the stoen fell among them striking Hardwick. When a waggon was about to be tipped, the teemers always shouted a warning to the men below
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Hastings, John, Overman, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 4th
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Hastings, Matthew, Overman, killed in the 1705 explosion, Son of John, Buried: October 6th
					15 Jan 1901	Greenhaume (Granite)	Hawtin, Ernest A., aged 25, Timekeeper, A number of waggons were being shunted into the quarry siding, and deceased was caught between them and a loaded waggon on which he had just affixed a ticket [Inspection made & inquest attended]
					31 Aug 1850	Gethen Pit, Merthyr Tydfil	Hayes, Thomas W., aged 27, Buried: Grangetown Cemetery, Sunderland;
					Nov 1833	Shiney Row	Headley, Charles, stone fell on him and killed him on the spot [Sunderland Herald reports: accident - 29 Nov 1833 pg 2 col 3]
					1898	Unknown	Hedley, Robert, [Not employed], he was trespassing on the Felling branch railway when he was knocked down by some trucks and killed
					04 May 1801	Unknown	Hepburn, Thomas, aged 27, Sinker, of Pelton, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related
					18 Sep 1879	W. B. Mines (Metalliferous)	Heslop, Thomas, aged 54, Engine Tender, killed by water-wheel while oiling it
					30 May 1895	West Cumberland	Higgins, Patrick, aged 22, Labourer, quarrying operations on rather an extensive scale were being carried on at this slag heap, with the view of recovering scrap metal; deceased was working with his father and others, near an overhanging mass of slag, which eventually fell, and buried him; this particular place was known to be unsafe, and shortly before the accident deceased and his father were moved by the foreman some distance from the dangerous point, but the fall spread further than was expected
					19 Oct 1839	Ironside pit, Whitburn	Hine, William, boiler explosion
					May 1874	Unknown	Hock, James, aged 7, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: South Shields, cause: run over by coal cart (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/55)
					Jul 1875	Unknown	Hocks, Charles, aged 26, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Westoe / S. Shields, cause: crushed by wagon (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/332)
					09 Mar 1888	Lindal, B. 30 (Metalliferous)	Holmes, A. E. L., aged 18, Trailer, knocked off cage and fell down pit; after rapping for the cage to ascend from the 55 fathom level, he got on, then returned to put down a fence rail; he then attempted to get on cage whilst in motion, being partially on it, he was caught against the roof of "eye" and knocked down pit
					Jul 1846	Clarence Railway	Holmes, John, crushed to death between a coal waggon and the engine
					04 Feb 1849	Clarence Railway	Holmes, John, brothers were engineman and fireman on the same engine, against which some carriages and wagons had been accidentally driven with great violence
					04 Feb 1849	Clarence Railway	Holmes, Richard, brothers were engineman and fireman on the same engine, against which some carriages and wagons had been accidentally driven with great violence
					25 Mar 1805	Unknown	Hope, John, aged 58, Pitman, of Fatfield, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related
					28 Feb 1944	Hart	Horseman, G., aged 45, Deputy, crushed head
					22 Jan 1875	South Belmont	Howlett, George, aged 27, Miner, killed by a fall of stone
					03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	Huggison, Thomas, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 5th
					16 Sep 1873	Salter & Eskett (Metalliferous)	Hughes, Peter, aged 18, Miner, killed by a fall of roof
					29 Sep 1950	Lambton Engine Works	Humphrey, Thomas, aged 17, Buried: St. Cuthberts Churchyard, West Herrington;
					29 Aug 1887	North Stank	Hunter, James, aged 57, Miner, pieces of rock came away from roof and side of working
					19 Mar 1897	Ouston Waggonway, High Heworth	Hunter, Margaret Hannah, aged 15, [Not Employed], accidentally killed on the Ouston Waggonway at High Heworth, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth;
					13 Mar 1880	Page Bank incline	Hutchinson, Christiana, aged 4, [Not employed], On the afternoon of Saturday 13th March, Christiana Hutchinson, aged 4, was knocked down and "completely cut to pieces by five loaded coke trucks, which were being drawn up Page Bank incline. The trucks, which are drawn by a standing engine at the bank road, were about 150 yards from the top of the incline when the man who was riding on the front end observed the child suddenly make her appearance on the line, but he was unable to either attract her attention or get her out of the way. The child was on a visit to her grandfather, whose house is close by ; and had strayed on the line."
					07 Dec 1913	Greengates (Limestone and Winstone)	Hutchinson, Silas, aged 69, Quarryman, deceased was engaged filling stone, when a mass of stone burst off the face owing to water freezing in a joint behind the stone; he received injuries from which he died two days later, (accident: 05 Dec 1913)
					28 Jan 1882	Tanfield railway	Hutchinson, William, aged 13, Letter Carrier, he was employed at White-le-Head and Tanfield Collieries and was riding on a set of trucks between the two collieries when he was crushed between two of them, (accident: 27 Jan 1882)
					Apr 1875	Unknown	Hutton, James, aged 80, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: White le Head, cause: run over by wagon (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/225)
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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre and are marked with , further details may be obtained by contacting Ian by email at ian.winstanley@blueyonder.co.uk
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

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